RULES FOR WEIGH-IN/ CONDUCT OF TOURNAMENT

RULES FOR WEIGH-IN

Weigh- ins will be done on the floor. Only those wrestlers entered in the tournament will be allowed in the weighin area. Coaches that are not involved in the weigh-in process shall not enter the weigh-in area.

Any questions about skin conditions will be examined by the tournament physician and his/her decision will be final.

All wrestlers that intend to weigh in SHALL be present at the designated weigh-in time and may not leave the weigh -in area until they have weighed in.

Once a wrestler leaves the weigh - in area, he/she will not be allowed back in.

All special equipment including hair covers, braces, t-shirts, tooth and mouth protectors, and face mask must be presented at the weigh-in and approved by the officials.

CONDUCT OF TOURNAMENT

The Division I, II, and III State Tournament shall be a double elimination tournament.

In order to eliminate byes, pigtails may be used in the first round of the championship bracket. Division I shall use a 32- man bracket if a applicable and shall use a 16-man bracket when necessary. Divisions II & III shall use a 32man bracket or 16- man bracket or even an 8- man bracket, if necessary.

Pigtails will be drawn based on the number of wrestlers entered in that weight class. All other wrestlers will be placed on the bracket by a draw. All byes shall be randomly drawn.

Pigtailed wrestlers will wrestle each other to enter the tournament. The winners of the pigtail matches will be placed in the Championship Bracket with the seeded wrestlers. The losers of the pigtail matches will be placed in the second round of the Consolation Bracket. There should not be any wrestlers in the first round of Consolations. Pigtail matches do not score points.

The seeded wrestler will be placed in the Championship round 16- man bracket according to the rule of seeding.

Scoring shall be in all rounds and will be normal scoring advancement points. All byes shall be randomly drawn.

If the number of wrestlers requires a large number of pigtail matches, the pigtail will be added by pulling out the seeded wrestler in this order to wrestle the pigtail wrester: #8 seed, #7 seed, #6 seed.

Pigtail matches shall be used for any weight class that has more than 32 competitors in Division I and more than 16 competitors in Division II and III. This round shall not score. The brackets, for a division, shall be re-drawn when a seeded wrestler or when the byes need to be adjusted due to a wrestler not being able to wrestle in the tournament.